Let go of the idea that the path will lead you to your goal. The truth is that with each step we take, we arrive. Repeat that to yourself every morning: 'I've arrived.' That way you'll find it much easier to stay in touch with each second of your day.

Our time on this earth is sacred, and we should celebrate every moment.The importance of this has been completely forgotten: even religious holidays have been transformed into opportunities to go to the beach or the park or skiing. There are no more rituals. Ordinary actions can no longer be transformed into manifestations of the sacred. We cook and complain that it's a waste of time, when we should be pouring our love into making that food. We work and believe it's a divine curse, when we should be using our skills to bring pleasure and to spread the energy of the Mother.

"Do you have trouble getting to sleep?""No," I said, "I want to sleep all the time.""Well, you don't have the clinical signs of depression," he said,clicking his pen.

I left then, for good,and as I walkedthe song broke through,the loud green soundof this garden called the earth,the garden between my thighs.The sky's spinning songof light and dark:a rocking in my blood, the ocean's lowing like a cowlooking for her calf.